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Pagina 2
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing .
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes p for B , as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v . sc . I : pragging knave , Pistoll , which you and your ...
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing .
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes p for B , as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v . sc . I : pragging knave , Pistoll , which you and your ...
Pagina 3
... languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold
division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one
direction ; and into thin , middle , and aspirate consonants in the other direction .
... languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold
division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one
direction ; and into thin , middle , and aspirate consonants in the other direction .
Pagina 5
These examples will suffice if they satisfy the reader that here we have traces of a
regular law . We only desire to establish the fact that our language is of one and
the same strain with the Greek and Latin , that is to say , it is one of the Indo ...
These examples will suffice if they satisfy the reader that here we have traces of a
regular law . We only desire to establish the fact that our language is of one and
the same strain with the Greek and Latin , that is to say , it is one of the Indo ...
Pagina 27
We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches
which are still visible to the reader as masking or softening the latent
heathendom of that poem . They also had their domestic annals , written in the
Anglian dialect ...
We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches
which are still visible to the reader as masking or softening the latent
heathendom of that poem . They also had their domestic annals , written in the
Anglian dialect ...
Pagina 38
It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by description , unless the writer
is aided by the studies of the reader . It would be vain to assume an English
public to be acquainted with the elder form of their mother tongue ; and therefore
we ...
It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by description , unless the writer
is aided by the studies of the reader . It would be vain to assume an English
public to be acquainted with the elder form of their mother tongue ; and therefore
we ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Università di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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